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AMPHIGORY
Definition of AMPHIGORY
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perhaps from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) + γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) or -αγορία (-agoría, “speech”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMPHIGORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPHIGORY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGHIMOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AMPHIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AMPHIGORY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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